USCGC WILLIAM TATE
(WLM 560)

Philadelphia, PA
Welcome to the USCGC WILLIAM TATE Home page
This web page is a collection of information that may be of use to future
crewmembers and customers of the USCGC WILLIAM TATE. This ship was built
by Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette Wisconsin, launched May 8,
1999 and delivered to the Coast Guard on September 16th, 1999. She
arrived in her homeport of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 10th,
1999 and was formally commissioned on June 3rd, 2000.
The WILLIAM TATE began her first operational aids-to-navigation
deployment on November 29, 1999.
CGC WILLIAM TATE and her crew are responsible for the maintenance of 250 buoys in the Delaware Bay and River, and the Upper Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, WILLIAM TATE is designed, constructed and equipped to ably perform other Coast Guard missions such as domestic ice breaking, marine environmental protection, and maritime law enforcement.
"History of William Tate, USLHS"
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Contact Information
INPORT Phone: (215) 271-4954
INPORT Fax: (215) 271-4957